Alligator in Florida pool

whenever a Florida man moved into his garden Tuesday mid-day to see if a stray baseball had found its method into their swimming pool, he found something much bigger - a 9-foot alligator lying at the bottom for the pool.

Lakeland resident Craig Lear, 38, lives on a course and assumed the bubbles he saw inside the pool had been from a basketball that were hit involved with it. "He thought, 'What makes there bubbles in the pool?'" their 37-year-old wife, Laura, informed ABC Information today.

At first, the stay-at-home father couldn't make out just what the large mass in the bottom was, because the water was grainy as a result of share's pebble-stone flooring. When he got closer, however, he discovered a nearly 300-pound alligator submerged into the deep end, Laura said.

"we notice tales about gators, but never at my house, " she added.

Laura Lear

Lakeland citizen Craig Lear found a 9-foot alligator submerged inside the pool, March 1, 2016.

After ensuring their particular child and three kitties had been accounted for, Craig called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, who connected him with 13-year veteran alligator trapper Scott Barbon, Laura said.

The gator laid reduced in the share until Barbon arrived, but as soon as he put a lasso around its neck, it began "thrashing around" plenty that it caused giant waves to splash onto the concrete flooring surrounding the pool, Laura said.

"We performedn’t know what the gator would do, " she said, phoning the problem "nerve-wracking."

It took about an hour or so for Barbon to pull the gator out from the share, he informed ABC Information. "They’re quite tough animals, " Barbon said.

The alligator had been eventually euthanized and prepared because of its meat and conceal, Barbon said, adding that Florida is home to an incredible number of gators.

Alligator trapper Scot Barbon needed to lasso the 9-foot alligator out of the Lear family members' pool, March 1, 2015.

Barbon, who was present in pictures trapping the gator sans footwear, stated his bare feet will be the "best footwear" he has got whenever on the job.

“we don’t wear shoes because my feet have wet and my footwear have damp, " he stated. "So, I stopped wearing all of them."